Essentials of Executive Employment

How to come up with your executive salary, bonus & equity proposal and get your employer to buy in.

How CEOs and senior executives can structure bonuses in their compensation package for maximum benefit.

The key employment contract terms in a COO contract, including duties, compensation, severance and more.

Restricted Stock is the best choice for CEOs and executives joining high growth companies and in turn-around situations.

Why and how CEOs and senior executives negotiate severance compensation packages and separation agreements.

Pitfalls of non-competes for executives and techniques to surmount them.

In this age of globalization, job opportunities abound as long as you are willing to relocate. Companies are aware that executive skillsets and experiences are often applied in different places and industries. As a result, you may at times be offered attractive career opportunities to work in a geographic location that is not near home. However, relocation can mean disrupting your children’s lives and education as well as your spouse’s life and career.

Unfair treatment faced by women CEOs and employment contract terms, change of control, etc. and how to protect their interests, obtain their proper rights and benefits, and continue their path of career advancement.

Important things to know when your equity compensation is units in an LLC, including rights, taxation, and key terms.

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10 critical employment contract terms that senior executives should negotiate before accepting an offer, by Boston's top employment attorney Robert Adelson.

About 318,100 openings for top executives are projected each year, on average, from 2021 to 2031. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force. Learn how to renegotiate your CEO contract >

For C-level executives, there is often more room for negotiating bonuses than base salary, so it is important to understand the types of bonuses and terms to seek in bonus structure that could make a difference to your total executive pay.

Equity may be the largest portion of your executive compensation package, but there is no certainty that you will achieve a big upside value with your equity. If, despite your efforts, the company fails and the stock price declines or, worse still, the company goes bankrupt, regardless of the terms, you are unlikely to benefit. Even if the company does succeed, there are different ways you might be denied the benefits you earned. This article discusses several of the key protections you should seek to assure that if the company does succeed and investors reap a reward, you, as a key executive who had a significant role in this success, are rewarded as well.

Corporate titles or business titles are given to company and organization officials to show what job function, and seniority, a person has within an organisation. The most senior roles, marked by signing authority, are often referred to as "C-level", "C-suite" or "CxO" positions. See a discussion of impact of job titles on executive career.

There are currently an estimated 280,000 chief executives in the United States. The chief executive job market is expected to shrink by -8.2% between 2022 and 2032. The chief executive industry is concentrated in California, Florida, Illinois. The employment outlook for chief executives is expected to vary widely by industry. See a discussion on how to negotiate CEO job offer.

A leading CPA and finance consulting company for VC-backed startups, today released new data on the average salary for startup CEOs. 2022 is becoming a record year for startup CEO salaries - averaging $150,000 per year. Learn about negotiating startup CEO compensation and employment terms >